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Russian upper house approves use of force in Ukraine
CNN ^ | March 1, 2014 | Laura Smith-Spark. Diana Magnay and Ingrid Formanek

Posted on 03/01/2014 7:10:27 AM PST by maggief

Simferopol, Ukraine (CNN) -- [Breaking News Update, 10:02 a.m. ET] (CNN) -- Russia's upper house of parliament voted Saturday to approve the use of military force in Ukraine. The vote was unanimous.

[Original Story, published 9:23 a.m. ET]

(CNN) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked the upper house of parliament for approval to send Russian troops into Ukraine's Crimea region to normalize the political situation there, the Kremlin said Saturday.

Due to the "extraordinary situation in Ukraine," Putin said, there are threats to the lives of Russian citizens and Russian military personnel based in the southern Crimean region.

It comes on the same day that the new pro-Russian leader of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, asked Putin for help in maintaining peace in the Black Sea peninsula -- where Russia has a major naval base at Sevastopol.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: happyhour; obamaukraine; putin; russia; russiaambassador; ukraine; ukrainecrisis; wwiii
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1 posted on 03/01/2014 7:10:27 AM PST by maggief
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To: maggief

Very interesting. Thanks for posting, maggief.

What say our House/line-drawer-in-chief?


2 posted on 03/01/2014 7:12:53 AM PST by PGalt
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To: PGalt

let me be clear...

I will draw another line!

..

Reggie ... Reggie! where’d you go? come out, come out where ever you are my little love muffin !


3 posted on 03/01/2014 7:14:50 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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To: maggief

The Bear is about to bloody the nose of the EU, and Obama.


4 posted on 03/01/2014 7:15:36 AM PST by swamprebel (a Constitution once changed from Freedom, can never be restored.)
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To: maggief

http://rt.com/usa/obama-caught-medvedev-president-502/

What does Victoria FEU Nuland have to say? And John F’n Kerry?


5 posted on 03/01/2014 7:15:50 AM PST by PGalt
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To: PGalt

Ruh Roo! Didn’t the “lyin’ king” “WARN” Putin to stay out or else? I bet Putin’s crapin’ his britches worried about obie and the pre WWII military threat.


6 posted on 03/01/2014 7:16:16 AM PST by rktman (Under my plan(scheme),unemployment will necessarily skyrocket! Despite the % dropping. Period.)
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To: PGalt

7 posted on 03/01/2014 7:16:17 AM PST by billorites (nichtarbeit macht frei)
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To: PGalt

Probably ignore it as nuttin’ to worry about & have another video done of himself & Biden running through the halls of the WH followed by a glass of koolaid...errrrrr water!


8 posted on 03/01/2014 7:16:28 AM PST by SIRTRIS
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To: maggief
Russians in the Ukraine?

Venezuelans dying in the streets?

More people becoming uninsured under ObamaCare?

NOBODY CARES!

What important American/Global issue is on the mind of the docile American sheeple?

The Oscars!!!

(end of sarcastic rant)

9 posted on 03/01/2014 7:17:01 AM PST by airborne (MY HEROES DON'T WEAR CAPES. MY HEROES WEAR DOG TAGS ! ! !)
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To: PGalt

What exactly do people expect Obama to do ? Engage in a military confrontation with Russia, a nuclear power, in its own backyard ? NATO could barely handle Libya without the U.S.

The second it happens, China makes it move in East Asia.


10 posted on 03/01/2014 7:17:12 AM PST by sunrise_sunset
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To: sunrise_sunset

No expectations of KingHussein. He’ll do whatever HE wants.


11 posted on 03/01/2014 7:19:36 AM PST by PGalt
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To: maggief

A formation, in some manner, of a new Soviet Union, just getting cranked up.


12 posted on 03/01/2014 7:21:38 AM PST by John Leland 1789
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To: billorites

That’s just King Fubo showing off his flexibility.


13 posted on 03/01/2014 7:22:18 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: maggief

And now a word from the United Nations: *crickets*


14 posted on 03/01/2014 7:22:51 AM PST by NTegraT (Deep in the Heart of Texas)
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To: sunrise_sunset

“That’s the good thing as a president, I can do whatever I want,” Obama quipped while visiting Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home in Charlottesville, Va., with French President Francois Hollande.

More…here…

http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-obama-care/021114-689699-obama-francois-hollande-visit-monticello.htm


15 posted on 03/01/2014 7:22:59 AM PST by PGalt
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To: maggief

“DON’T CALL MY BLUFF!” Thus sayeth the high and mighty Barack Hussein Obama—Peace be upon him.


16 posted on 03/01/2014 7:25:17 AM PST by House Atreides
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To: maggief

This is Putin’s favorite pretext - a pro Moscow local leader asks for “fraternal assistance” and Moscow obliges.

Today the Kremlin is doing it is not for Communist ideology but out of good fashioned national pride.

And with a 70% approval rating in Russia, Putin can do whatever he wants coming off a very successful Olympics. That’s why he’s such a masterful politician.


17 posted on 03/01/2014 7:25:35 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: maggief

Maybe they should just politely ask the people that are burning down their cities and assaulting peace officers to behave. Using force to control violent people seems so violent.


19 posted on 03/01/2014 7:26:52 AM PST by soycd
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To: PGalt

That’s not an answer. What should he do ? You can’t be suggesting he start a war over something that doesn’t matter to the US but is a vital piece to Russia’s geopolitical interest. Russia isn’t going to back down, they can’t. US citizens could care less about Ukraine if it comes down to affecting them.


20 posted on 03/01/2014 7:27:01 AM PST by sunrise_sunset
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